Woman, grandkids injured in accident

Thursday

Five people were taken to University Hospital yesterday after Columbia Fire Department units responded to an accident at the intersection of Brown Station Road and Route B around 3:30 p.m.

Donna Burgeson of Centralia was driving north on Route B in a 2002 Dodge Durango with four grandchildren, Columbia police Officer Jessie Haden said. She said witnesses reported seeing Burgeson run a red light and crash into the right side of a GMC Budget Rental box truck, driven by Yusuf Kambarov of Columbia, who was driving east on Brown Station Road. After the initial impact, the Durango also struck a westbound 1992 Dodge Ram, driven by Randy Conklin of Columbia, before it traveled off the roadway and came to rest, Haden said.

Burgeson and the children, ranging in age from 9 to 12, were taken to University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Burgeson was listed in good condition this morning. No one in the two other vehicles was injured.

Everyone involved was wearing seat belts. A crash investigation by the Columbia Police Department is under way, Haden said.

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